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The formidable task of reforming the Soviet economy officially began Wednesday when Soviet President

The Group of 7 industrial nations will write off as much as 80 percent of the official debts of the

Mexican police, aided by Interpol and the FBI, have broken an alleged fraud ring accused of trying t

The National Federation of Independent Businesses Wednesday criticized a bill that would give origin

International Petroleum Exchange July 17, 1991Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

CALIF. COMP PLAN HEAVILY DILUTEDSACRAMENTO, Calif. - A workers compensation compromise reach

Principles of EDI, three-day seminar, July 15-17. Marriott City Center Hotel, Charlotte, N.C. Contac

The rehabilitation program a New Jersey court approved this week for Mutual Benefit Life Insurance C

KEMPER CORP. (Long Grove, Ill.) - David B. Mathis was elected chairman of the board and chief execut

Despite the real estate-related financial troubles facing the insurance industry, no state laws rest

Policyholders of the two failing life insurance companies of Los Angeles- based First Executive Corp

Transportation News Ticker The dry cargo and tanker fixtures listed herewith and compiled in

PLATINUM WORKERS STRIKE AT IMPALA MINELONDON - Almost all of the 8,000 workers at South Afri

Good prospects for U.S. cotton exports to Hong Kong may continue as China seems ill-suited to recapt

Grain prices were higher again Wednesday as traders bought contracts on the prospects for a lower co

Algeria, hit by economic crisis and under a state of siege, hopes to earn up to $7 billion by sellin

FIRST OIL IS SHIPPED BY US-SOVIET VENTUREThe first shipment of crude oil produced in western

CONSUMER PRICES ROSE MODESTLY FOR JUNEWASHINGTON - Consumer prices rose a modest 0.2 percent

The Group of 7 highly industrialized countries agreed to set the end of the year as the deadline for

Mercedes-Benz AG will begin assembling "kit" cars in Mexico by as early as 1993. But despite

KIRGHIZIA PUBLISHES PRIVATIZATION PLANThe Soviet republic of Kirghizia has published a new d

Switzerland's Commission for Guarantee against Export Risk, a federally funded program that guarante

July 17, 1991 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

July 17, 1991 *Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

The leaders of the world's seven leading industrial nations Wednesday endorsed an ambitious plan to

Teamsters and trucking interests argue that a proposed change in the Interstate Commerce Commission'

U.S. corporations will report weak earnings for the quarter just ended, analysts say, but the result

July 16, 1991 JAPANFinancial FuturesJapanese Gov't BondsPer 10-year, 6% bond

NOVA TO REPRESENT SEA-LAND IN HALIFAXSea-Land Service Inc. named Nova Containership Agency L

J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. earned $7.8 million, or 34 cents a share, on revenue of $166.6 mil

Barge operators are enjoying a slight rise in rates as wheat farmers move to sell their winter wheat

Some railroads and ship lines are eager to develop rail services to carry European products to the W

Congress should follow the example of other industrialized countries and require more comprehensive

The Tokyo Grain Exchange has asked the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to find a way around rul

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries will either raise fourth- quarter oil production q

Customers of the East Ohio Gas Co. could see a 1.2 percent decrease in natural gas costs for the nex

Two Chinese women who arrived in Seattle Sunday as stowaways on a containership have asked for polit

Significant and exploitable quantities of gold have been found in northern Taiwan, a government spok

Trade leads supplied by: US Department of CommerceU.S. and Foreign Commercial Service

Chinese workers are battling to save millions of tons of stored grain from floodwaters that have lef